The Invincible Little Lady: Volume 5 [Parts 1 to 2] by Chatsufusa

Author:Chatsufusa
Language: eng
Format: epub

3. The Academy at Night

“Oho, I see... You’d like to investigate the academy at night for your research report, would you, Mary? Well, aren’t you quite the little oddball?” the headmaster said.

Magiluka and I had entered the clock tower and placed our request, and now I felt a little down since the headmaster’s reaction was about the same as Professor Fried’s. Is everything I do so weird? Is it really?

“Well, headmaster, may I hear your response?” I asked.

“Hmm... Well, I was planning on staying the night today anyway, so it shouldn’t be a problem.”

The discussion having gone surprisingly smoothly, Magiluka, Tutte, and I would officially be spending the night at the academy tonight. Tutte immediately entered the room we would be using to make some preparations, and I had the coachman of the carriage that was waiting for me outside leave to tell my parents about my overnight stay. The headmaster took care of alerting Magiluka’s family.

“By the way, Mary, what are you all trying to look into within this academy?” the headmaster asked.

We’d only provided a vague explanation about looking around for my research topic, and he wasn’t privy to the details yet, so it seemed he’d become a tad curious about our motives. I was surprised he’d accepted our request with such little information in the first place—it was doubtless that this kind of carelessness was what’d caused this academy to become so chaotic.

“Er, I was thinking of investigating the Magic Mirror of Hallucinations rumor,” I replied.

“I see... Ack!”

All of a sudden, the headmaster was reeling like he’d just heard some shocking news and erupted into a coughing fit. Did I touch on a surprising subject?

“Are you all right?” I asked.

“Ngh... Yes, I’m quite all right. B-But I understand now. You’ve brought up quite an ancient tall tale.”

“Do you know of it, headmaster?”

“Well, I’ve heard rumors of it, yes.”

He proceeded to avert his gaze. He’s acting suspicious... I’m not sure he’s up to, but he’s being shady... I glared at him doubtfully, but he cleared his throat to break the silence.

“Ahem! Ah, I just remembered that I’ve got matters to tend to,” the headmaster said. “If you need anything, feel free to let me know.”

With that, he swiftly left the room. He’s acting really suspicious...but whatever. The headmaster was basically unsettlingly shifty by default, so I decided to disregard his behavior.

Night fell upon the academy.

“It’s time to start investigating!” I declared vigorously.

“Are you really going, my lady?” Tutte said, looking worried. She still wasn’t good with horror scenarios—I felt a little relieved to see that even a perfect maid like her had some flaws.

Since moonlight illuminated the academy, it wasn’t like we were in complete darkness, but the passageways of the unlit academy were quieter and darker than what I’d imagined.

Crap... I’m starting to get scared from letting my imagination run wild. Nights at the academy are scarier than expected. I thought I’d toughened up thanks to my run-ins with Instructor Alice, but on the contrary, my fantasies had only become more realized, causing me to grow even more terrified.

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